netdev - Re: PF_RING: Include in main line kernel?

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Message-Id: <20091015.002221.141243865.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:22:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	zbr@...emap.net
Cc:	greearb@...delatech.com, deri@...p.org, shemminger@...tta.com,
	brad.doctor@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PF_RING: Include in main line kernel?

From: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:02:34 +0400

> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 02:49:23PM -0700, David Miller (davem@...emloft.net) wrote:
>> Instead I'd rather have a GPL exported function that allows indication
>> of consumption somehow.  That's why we have a special hook for
>> bonding, so it cannot be abused in proprietary modules.
> 
> I believe bonding with its hook is a historical heritage and priority
> absence in packet hooks which do not currently allow something to be
> registered very first and steal packets from the stack.

It is in same category as ingress packet scheduler hook.
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